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Dimitri Mata

Just because we have done something the same way for years does not mean it is the right way to accomplish the task. I grew
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Just because we have done something the same way for years does not mean it is the right way to accomplish the task. I grew up with the pride that I can learn from all the mistakes made around me, not just my own, it improves my ability to learn in new environments. This leads to my excitement in the era we are currently in where we have access to explore new areas to us and our companies.
I entered into Entrepreneurship because I did not wish to limit myself to one aspect of the business world. Yes there are plenty of people in each area who are masters in their area and know more than I would even dream of knowing, however, in order to effectively communicate with them, just as communicating with an engineer, you must understand at least a little of what they do.
I am looking for a career where I can become a helpful member of a team that strives for the bettering of the world, the team members, and the organization.

Education

Rensselaer is America’s oldest technological research university, offering bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in architecture, engineering, information technology and web science, management, the sciences, and the humanities, arts, and social s...

Just over 3,000 students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute were named to the Dean's List for the Fall 2014 semester. The Dean's List recognizes full-time students who maintain grade-point averages of a minimum of 3.0 out of a possible 4.0 and have no grades below "C."

Nearly 3,000 students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute were named to the Dean's List for the Spring 2014 semester. The Dean's List recognizes full-time students who maintain grade-point averages of a minimum of 3.0 out of a possible 4.0 and have no grades below "C."

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Awards & Recognition

Activities & Affiliations

TESSA project

Entrepreneurial Lead

Applying the lean startup technique to find a problem that a solution developed at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering could solve bringing the most value to the end customer. Researching detecting sugars in the mashing and distilling process.

June 2015 - Present

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Student

I am pursuing a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering, and I am also pursuing an MBA with a focus on Technology Entrepreneurship.

The Nuclear Engineering curriculum exposes me to the engineering problem analysis techniques required of all engineers while providing me with the additional skills required to model and interpret data from the required simulations to understand nuclear interactions.

The MBA curriculum is building on my analytic skills acquired in my Engineering curriculum and my past experiences by placing me in positions to perform the tasks and make decisions required at some time by business professionals. The classes include: Design, Manufacturing, and Marketing; a class, or better, an experience, where I worked with a team of four other MBA candidates in developing a new product to solve a problem for an existing company. Our tasks included performing market research, ideation, concept testing, developing manufacturing and financing plans, and developing a marketing strategy. The class included learning the stage-gate plan and proceeding through the first three gates of the plan. Managing on the Edge; a residency program in Washington, DC where I was on a team with two other MBA candidates with the task of developing an innovation initiative to pitch to a congressman's staff member.